subwoofer

From sub- +‎ woofer.

• enPR: sŭb′wo͝of′ər
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌwʊf.ə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌwʊf.əɹ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐbˌwʊf.ə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐbˌwʊf.ɐ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌwʉf.əɹ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈsabˌwuf.ɜʳ/
• Rhymes: -ʌbwʊfə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: sub‧woof‧er

subwoofer (plural subwoofers)

2. A loudspeaker designed to produce low-frequency sound, especially subbass.

   Synonym: (clipping) sub

   Hypernym: loudspeaker

   • 2004, Ed Gaskell, Make Your Own Music Video, CMP, →ISBN, page 26:

     Hip-hop took the language and made it graffiti—it was music video on a wall with a beatbox blowing its subwoofers next to it.

   • 2007 October 24, Roy Furchgott, “The Audiophile’s Goal Is to Rev Up the Music”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Even economy vehicles offer multispeaker audio upgrades, including a subwoofer.

   • 2019, Vincent Verdult, Optimal Audio and Video Reproduction at Home: Improving the Listening and Viewing Experience, Routledge, →ISBN, page 258:

     Subwoofers are typically placed not only near the floor, but also close to one of the walls.

Borrowed from English subwoofer. First attested in 1983.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʌbˌwuː.fʌ]
• Hyphenation: sub‧woo‧fer

subwoofer c

2. subwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “subwoofer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English subwoofer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏpˌʋu.fər/, /ˈsʏpˌʋuː.fər/

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• Hyphenation: sub‧woo‧fer

subwoofer m (plural subwoofers, diminutive subwoofertje n)

2. subwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)

Borrowed from English subwoofer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsubˌʋuːfer(i)/, [ˈs̠ubˌʋuːfe̞r(i)]
• Rhymes: -uːfer(i)
• Syllabification^(key): sub‧woof‧er
• Hyphenation^(key): sub‧woofer

subwoofer

2. subwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) subbari; alaäänikaiutin, (clipping) subi

Borrowed from English subwoofer.

• IPA^(key): /sə.bwu.fəʁ/
• Hyphenation: sub‧woo‧fer

subwoofer m (plural subwoofers)

2. subwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)

   Synonym: (clipping) sub

• “subwoofer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English subwoofer.

subwoofer m (plural subwoofers)

2. subwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)

Unadapted borrowing from English subwoofer.

subwoofer c

2. subwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)

   Synonym: (clipping) sub